Resources in Property, Landlord-Tenant, and Land Use Law

• General Property Resources
  • Internet Resources
  • Course Reserve Materials
  • Hornbooks and Nutshells
• Real Estate Transactions
  • Internet Resources
  • Course Reserve Materials
  • Treatises and Hornbooks
  • Practice Materials and Forms
  • Related Videos
• Landlord-Tenant Law
  • Internet Resources
  • Course Reserve Materials
  • Hornbooks and Nutshells
  • Practice Materials and Forms
  • Related Videos
• Land Use
  • Internet Resources
  • Course Reserve Materials
  • Hornbooks and Nutshells
  • Practice Materials and Forms
• Mass. Registries of Deeds Online

GENERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES

Internet Resources

• Cornell LII: U.S. Real Property Law
  • Provides an overview of property law with links to state laws.
• ABA Real Property and Probate and Trust
  • ABA section website containing information on meetings, publications, links and other practice information.
• FindLaw: Property Law
  • Gateway site to property law information on the web.
• LLRX-ResearchWire: Discoveries in Real Estate
  • Guide to researching real estate law and information online.
• Property/Estates & Trusts - JURIST: The Law Professors’ Network
  • Gateway site to property information on the web, includes links to articles, course websites cases, state laws and other information.
• Nolo Legal Encyclopedia: Real Estate
  • Consumer introduction to real estate from the self-help legal publisher Nolo Press. Includes sections on Buying a House, Selling a House, and Problems with Neighbors.
• DIRT
  • The internet discussion group for real estate professionals. Includes links to articles and forms.
• Open Directory - Society: Issues: Property Rights
  • Provides links to websites and articles that discuss the social implications of property rights and laws.
• CALI Property Lessons

Course Reserve Materials

• Cases and Text on Property, 4^th Ed. Casner, et al.

• Estates in Land and Future Interests. Makdisi.

• Estates in Land and Future Interests. 2^nd Ed. Makdisi.

• Intro. To the Law of Property, 2^nd Ed. Moynihan.

• Property Video. Oct. 20, 2000. Malaguti.

• Property Video. Oct. 27, 2000. Malaguti.

Hornbooks and Nutshells

• Real Property in a Nutshell. Roger Bernhardt and Ann M. Burkhart. On reserve.

• Estates in Land and Future Interests in a Nutshell. Lawrence W. Waggoner. On reserve.

• The Law of Property. William Stoebuck and Dale A. Whitman. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.

• Law of Future Interests. Lewis M. Simes. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Internet Resources

• Mass. Law About Real Estate

• Mass. Registries of Deeds

• Mass. Law About Homestead

• Mass. Land Court Department

• Cornell LII: U.S. Real Estate Transaction Law

  • Gives an overview with links to federal statutes and case law and state statutes.

• Cornell LII: U.S. Mortgage Law

  • Provides an overview with links to federal statutes and case law, state statutes, and federal agencies.

• Glossary of Real Estate and Mortgage Terms

• Housing Resources from the Consumer Information Center

  • Gives links to publications on home purchasing and home improvement directed at consumers.

• National Mortgage News

  • Contains news, information, and links for mortgage professionals.

• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

  • Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms and relevant laws and HUD publications.

• Fannie Mae

  • Includes resources for consumers on the home buying process and information on Fannie Mae products and services.

Course Reserve Materials

• Conveyancing Packet. Malaguti.
• Examining and Evaluating Title to Real Property in Mass. Hovey, et al.
• Mass. Conveyancer's Handbook with Forms, 3d ed. Mendler.
• Real Estate Transactions. Burke.
• Real Estate Transactions, 3d ed. Goldstein & Korngold.
• Real Estate Transactions, Revised 3d ed. Goldstein & Korngold.
• Real Estate Transactions, Statutes, Forms, and Problems. Goldstein & Korngold.
• Title Standards. Mass. Conveyancer Assoc.

Treatises & Hornbooks

• Real Estate Finance in a Nutshell. On reserve.

• Real Estate Finance Law. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.

Practice Materials and Forms

• Real Estate Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 28 and 28A. On reserve.

• Handling Residential Real Estate Transactions in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.

• Massachusetts Foreclosures. MCLE. On reserve.

Related Videos

• “Buying a House.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law

  • Professor Anthony Copani moderates a discussion with Janet McLennan, a broker and owner of Century 21 McLennan & Company, Connie Sweabe, a mortgage originator with Fleet Mortgage Company, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.

LANDLORD-TENANT LAW

Internet Resources

• Mass. Law About Landlord and Tenant

• Cornell LII: Landlord-Tenant Law

  • Gives an overview of landlord-tenant law, with links to federal statutes, regulations, and decisions, state statutes, the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act, and other resources.

• Federal Fair Housing Act

• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

  • Provides information for both consumers and housing professionals, including downloadable forms and relevant laws and HUD publications.

• Tenant Net

  • Tenant Net contains resources for residential tenants. The site focuses mainly on New York City and New York State issues, though information on other areas is also available.

  • Massachusetts Tenant Information

Course Reserve Materials

• American Law of Landlord and Tenant. Schoshinki.

• How to Renegotiate Troubled Leases. Glazer.

• Landlord and Tenant, 3 vols. Malaguti.

• Legal Tactics: Self-Defense for Tenants in Mass. Duke.

• Mass. Landlord Tenant Law. Warshaw.

• Mass. Landlord Tenant Practice: Law and Forms.

• Office and Retail Leasing. Lunder & Schuman.

• Residential Landlord-Tenant Law: A Modern Mass. Guide. Lapatin & Lerman.

• Residential Real Estate Basics. Dillingham.

Hornbooks & Nutshells

• See the Landlord-Tenant chapters in the hornbooks and treatises for general property law above.

Practice Materials & Forms

• Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 33 and 34. On reserve.

• Lease Drafting in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.

Related Videos

• “Landlord-Tenant Law.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law.

  • Professor Diane Sullivan moderates a discussion with Emil Ward, a practicing lawyer and author, Fairlie Dalton, an attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in Lawrence, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.

LAND USE

Internet Resources

• Cornell LII: Land Use

  • Gateway site to land use law, including links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies and other internet sites.

• Megalaw-Land Use & Zoning Law

  • Contains links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies, and internet sites.

• LegalEthics.com: Property/Real Estate

  • Includes links to several websites focusing on land use and preservation issues.

Course Reserve Materials

• Handbook of Mass. Land Use and Planning Law. Bobrowski.

  • 2000 Supp.

• Cases and Materials on Land use, 3d ed. Callies, et al.

Hornbooks & Nutshells

• Land Use in a Nutshell. Robert R. Wright, and Morton Gitelman. On reserve.

• Urban Planning and Land Development Control Law. Donald G. Hagman and Julian Congrad Juergensmeyer. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.

Practice Materials & Forms

• Massachusetts Zoning Manual. MCLE. On reserve.